Lethbridge and Area

Province confirms another six COVID cases in Lethbridge Friday, 15 for South Zone

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its report for COVID-19 for Friday, July 17.105 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 9,219. Of those, 859 cases are s...

Jul 17, 2020

Southern Alberta trio face several charges including flight from police and drug possession

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members from Fort Macleod RCMP and the Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit worked together to put three people behind bars.On Wednesday, July 15 at approximately 2:23 pm, officers i...

Jul 17, 2020

Justice Minister on SCS issues in Lethbridge, what the future could hold

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Minister of Justice says Lethbridge needs continued investments and strategies to deal with the drug crisis, supervised consumption or not.LNN spoke to Doug Schweitzer follo...

Jul 17, 2020

Lethbridge transit returning to regular routes August 4

LETHBRIDGE, AB- Work has started to resume transit to normal routes beginning August 4th.COVID-19 has severely impacted everyone and transit in the city has a completely different look because of it.W...

Jul 17, 2020

Average rent in Canada declines for third straight month

LETHBRIDGE, AB- The average monthly rent cost for two-bedroom apartments in June according to Rentals.ca was $1,770 which is down by 2.4% from the month before.Numbers were reported in the National Re...

Jul 17, 2020

The Daily with LNN – July 16, 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...

Jul 16, 2020

Alberta to ease restrictions for long-term care facilities

EDMONTON, AB- In Alberta's July 16 COVID announcement, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said the province will ease the restrictions at long-term care facilities.Starting ...

Jul 16, 2020

Province reports second COVID death in Cardston County, 17 new cases in South Zone

STANDOFF, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its report for COVID-19 for Thursday, July 16.120 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 9,114. Of those, 807 cases are s...

Jul 16, 2020

Lethbridge police say notification of Phillips surveillance investigation was provided to justice minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Justice is confirming proper notification was provided in 2018 regarding the investigation of two Lethbridge police officers who were found to be involved in unauthorized surv...

Jul 16, 2020

"I feel angry" - Mayor Spearman on financial mismanagement at SCS

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Mayor of Lethbridge was disappointed to learn Thursday about the extent to which ARCHES was misappropriating taxpayer dollars.A report was released earlier in the day by the Gover...

Jul 16, 2020